diff --git a/autogen.sh b/autogen.sh
index d65bdede..b0bd2159 100755
--- a/autogen.sh
+++ b/autogen.sh
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ cat docs/help/Makefile.am.gen|sed "s/@HELPFILES@/$files/g"|sed 's/?/\\?/g'|tr '!
 # .html -> .txt with lynx or elinks
 echo "Documentation: html -> txt..."
 if type lynx >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then
-  lynx -dump docs/faq.html|perl -pe 's/^ *//; if ($_ eq "\n" && $state eq "Q") { $_ = ""; } elsif (/^([QA]):/) { $state = $1 } elsif ($_ ne "\n") { $_ = "   $_"; };' > docs/faq.txt
+  LC_ALL=C lynx -dump docs/faq.html|perl -pe 's/^ *//; if ($_ eq "\n" && $state eq "Q") { $_ = ""; } elsif (/^([QA]):/) { $state = $1 } elsif ($_ ne "\n") { $_ = "   $_"; };' > docs/faq.txt
 elif type elinks >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then
   elinks -dump docs/faq.html|perl -pe 's/^ *//; if ($_ eq "\n" && $state eq "Q") { $_ = ""; } elsif (/^([QA]):/) { $state = $1 } elsif ($_ ne "\n") { $_ = "   $_"; };' > docs/faq.txt
 else